Effect of Colistin, Fosfomycin and Meropenem/Vaborbactam on Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales in Egypt: A Cross-Sectional Study

Raghdaa Shrief,1 Amira H El-Ashry,2 Rasha Mahmoud,3 Rasha El-Mahdy2 1Medical Microbiology and Immunology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Damietta University, Damietta, Egypt; 2Medical Microbiology and Immunology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt; 3Internal Medici...

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Main Authors: Shrief R, El-Ashry AH, Mahmoud R, El-Mahdy R
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description Raghdaa Shrief,1 Amira H El-Ashry,2 Rasha Mahmoud,3 Rasha El-Mahdy2 1Medical Microbiology and Immunology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Damietta University, Damietta, Egypt; 2Medical Microbiology and Immunology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt; 3Internal Medicine Department, Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Mansoura University, Mansoura, EgyptCorrespondence: Rasha El-Mahdy, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Mansoura Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, 35516, Egypt, Tel +20 10 0532 9819, Email rashaamr@mans.edu.egPurpose: The increasing multi-drug carbapenem resistance among Enterobacterales are a severe health problem limiting therapeutic options and worsen the prognosis. This study characterizes carbapenemase genes and integrons among uropathogenic carbapenem resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) isolates recovered from Mansoura University Hospitals and evaluates the effect of colistin, fosfomycin and meropenem-vaborbactam on these isolates.Patients and Methods: A total of 200 Enterobacterales isolates were collected from patients with urinary tract infections. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed by the disc diffusion method. Colistin susceptibility was tested using the broth microdilution method and fosfomycin and meropenem/vaborbactam susceptibility were tested by MIC Test Strips. Carbapenem resistant isolates were screened for carbapenemase activity phenotypically using the modified carbapenem inactivation method and EDTA-modified carbapenem inactivation method and genotypically by multiplex PCR. Integrons class 1 and 2 and fosA gene were assayed by PCR. Data were statistically analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 16. The Chi-square or Fisher’s exact test was used to compare groups, as appropriate.Results: Ninety-two Enterobacterales isolates were resistant to meropenem (46%); 52 E. coli and 40 K. pneumoniae strains. All CRE isolates were multi-drug resistant (MDR). Sensitivity of CRE isolates to colistin, fosfomycin and meropenem/vaborbactam were 67.4%, 82.6% and 58.7%, respectively. Carbapenemase genes were detected by multiplex PCR in 69.6% of CRE isolates (Carbapenemase producing Enterobacterales (CPE) mainly blaNDM (37%). CPE isolates were significantly more resistant to meropenem/vaborbactam than non-CPE isolates; 51.6% vs 17.8%, respectively (P = 0.003) especially blaNDM carrying isolates (70.6%). Class 1 integrons and fosA gene were detected in 91.3% and 11.9% of CRE isolates, respectively.Conclusion: This study revealed that about half of the uropathogenic Enterobacterales isolates were MDR CRE. Carbapenemase gene blaNDM was the main gene among CRE isolates. Meropenem/vaborbactam sensitivity was significantly higher on non-CPE than CPE isolates and limited by the predominance of blaNDM.Keywords: Enterobacterales, carbapenemases, carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales, colistin, fosfomycin, meropenem-vaborbactam
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spelling doaj.art-904d8e95e86e4962b8367732124949f42022-12-22T04:33:19ZengDove Medical PressInfection and Drug Resistance1178-69732022-10-01Volume 156203621479266Effect of Colistin, Fosfomycin and Meropenem/Vaborbactam on Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales in Egypt: A Cross-Sectional StudyShrief REl-Ashry AHMahmoud REl-Mahdy RRaghdaa Shrief,1 Amira H El-Ashry,2 Rasha Mahmoud,3 Rasha El-Mahdy2 1Medical Microbiology and Immunology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Damietta University, Damietta, Egypt; 2Medical Microbiology and Immunology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt; 3Internal Medicine Department, Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Mansoura University, Mansoura, EgyptCorrespondence: Rasha El-Mahdy, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Mansoura Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, 35516, Egypt, Tel +20 10 0532 9819, Email rashaamr@mans.edu.egPurpose: The increasing multi-drug carbapenem resistance among Enterobacterales are a severe health problem limiting therapeutic options and worsen the prognosis. This study characterizes carbapenemase genes and integrons among uropathogenic carbapenem resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) isolates recovered from Mansoura University Hospitals and evaluates the effect of colistin, fosfomycin and meropenem-vaborbactam on these isolates.Patients and Methods: A total of 200 Enterobacterales isolates were collected from patients with urinary tract infections. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed by the disc diffusion method. Colistin susceptibility was tested using the broth microdilution method and fosfomycin and meropenem/vaborbactam susceptibility were tested by MIC Test Strips. Carbapenem resistant isolates were screened for carbapenemase activity phenotypically using the modified carbapenem inactivation method and EDTA-modified carbapenem inactivation method and genotypically by multiplex PCR. Integrons class 1 and 2 and fosA gene were assayed by PCR. Data were statistically analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 16. The Chi-square or Fisher’s exact test was used to compare groups, as appropriate.Results: Ninety-two Enterobacterales isolates were resistant to meropenem (46%); 52 E. coli and 40 K. pneumoniae strains. All CRE isolates were multi-drug resistant (MDR). Sensitivity of CRE isolates to colistin, fosfomycin and meropenem/vaborbactam were 67.4%, 82.6% and 58.7%, respectively. Carbapenemase genes were detected by multiplex PCR in 69.6% of CRE isolates (Carbapenemase producing Enterobacterales (CPE) mainly blaNDM (37%). CPE isolates were significantly more resistant to meropenem/vaborbactam than non-CPE isolates; 51.6% vs 17.8%, respectively (P = 0.003) especially blaNDM carrying isolates (70.6%). Class 1 integrons and fosA gene were detected in 91.3% and 11.9% of CRE isolates, respectively.Conclusion: This study revealed that about half of the uropathogenic Enterobacterales isolates were MDR CRE. Carbapenemase gene blaNDM was the main gene among CRE isolates. Meropenem/vaborbactam sensitivity was significantly higher on non-CPE than CPE isolates and limited by the predominance of blaNDM.Keywords: Enterobacterales, carbapenemases, carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales, colistin, fosfomycin, meropenem-vaborbactamhttps://www.dovepress.com/effect-of-colistin-fosfomycin-and-meropenemvaborbactam-on-carbapenem-r-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-IDRenterobacteralescarbapenemasescarbapenem-resistant enterobacteralescolistinfosfomycinmeropenem-vaborbactam
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Mahmoud R
El-Mahdy R
Effect of Colistin, Fosfomycin and Meropenem/Vaborbactam on Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales in Egypt: A Cross-Sectional Study
Infection and Drug Resistance
enterobacterales
carbapenemases
carbapenem-resistant enterobacterales
colistin
fosfomycin
meropenem-vaborbactam
title Effect of Colistin, Fosfomycin and Meropenem/Vaborbactam on Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales in Egypt: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_full Effect of Colistin, Fosfomycin and Meropenem/Vaborbactam on Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales in Egypt: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_fullStr Effect of Colistin, Fosfomycin and Meropenem/Vaborbactam on Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales in Egypt: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_full_unstemmed Effect of Colistin, Fosfomycin and Meropenem/Vaborbactam on Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales in Egypt: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_short Effect of Colistin, Fosfomycin and Meropenem/Vaborbactam on Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales in Egypt: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_sort effect of colistin fosfomycin and meropenem vaborbactam on carbapenem resistant enterobacterales in egypt a cross sectional study
topic enterobacterales
carbapenemases
carbapenem-resistant enterobacterales
colistin
fosfomycin
meropenem-vaborbactam
url https://www.dovepress.com/effect-of-colistin-fosfomycin-and-meropenemvaborbactam-on-carbapenem-r-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-IDR
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